Good point, surely any legal action would need to prove that the breaches allowed EFC to achieve the 4 point advantage. As pointed out, it has been accepted that is not the case.
Blue peter
Player Valuation: £35m
Surely the competency of their own decision making needs to be questioned as part of any defence / negotiation? They went down under Dyche but didn’t sack him until about 6 or 7 games left. They went down with Kompany but didn’t sack him, but they are blaming us in a season where we had deductions set by outside bodies at a time of their choosing, I’d be throwing their own inability to make decisions relating to managers taking them down as being the driving factor behind their relegation.
No it hasn't. It was stated that the sporting advantage can't be quantified, which you'd imagine means Burnley won't be able to prove it allowed us to get more points than them and they suffered any loss. That's not the same as accepting the advantage didn't allow us to though.
I don't think it did by the way, I think losing money the way we did made us much, much worse, but words are important.
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
They also have to prove that the sporting advantage was worth at least 4 points in that single season. The commission stated that the “inferred” sporting advantage would be across the cycle (4 seasons for that cycle).
We got a 6 point deduction for that cycle which suggest we gained a 1.5 point advantage per season.
The commission also pointed out they didn’t feel it was deliberate which I think will be important.
What do you think inferred means, out of interest?
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
I’m agreeing with you here. They didn’t say there was no sporting advantage. Just by breaching there is likely to be one.
Ultimately the commission tried to quantify it by giving us 6 points. It’s now on Burnley to prove that at least 4 of those points would be in that 1 season. Which they can’t and won’t do.
I know, wasn't having a go. Everyone went on about it only being inferred for ages, drove me crazy. You're correct, they can't prove anything, and that should be case over.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
West Side Charlie
Player Valuation: £1m
There's a huge can of worms here, Masters knows it and once again will do what suits the PL, this will go nowhere.
Bring me a Super League Dan.
Probably think they’ve got a better chance of winning by going after us rather than the league
They’re probably right too
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £70m
Let's hope the change in management removes that soft touch reputation by fighting this tooth and nail.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
That is true. The sporting advantage thing seems a bit consulated in the report but you can certainly say it exists.
But they can't stipulate it's impact. So it's not probable we gained any points from it.
Not no more now we have Marshal Dan Friedkin at the helm. We’ve got a Texan who can strut sitting down, with more guts than you can hang on a fence, more money than you can say graces over, a real three jump cowboy who’s as serious as the business end of a .45
He’ll have these Burnley knuckleheads looking dumber than wagon wheel faster than a prairie fire with a tail wind.
Blue peter
Player Valuation: £35m
I keep messing up the season being challenged - what season was it and what were the direct results between us and Burnley?
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